Chapter 1: The Evil Spirit
Da Zhao, Qiyang County.
Looking up at the front, Li Rui's eyes stared.
I saw a huge building appear in front of him, this building is built of blue bricks, in the middle is a red gate, and the plaque on the door reads - Qiyang County Ya.
Qiyang County Ya is the seat of Qiyang County, with a radius of hundreds of kilometers under its jurisdiction, in the north of Dazhao.
"This county government is almost the same as the county government in ancient China. "Antique, this is Li Rui's most intuitive feeling now.
Ancient China?
Yes, Li Rui is not a person from this era, but a time-traveler from China.
And this Great Zhao is not the Zhao State of the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period, this world is a foreign land.
Originally, Li Rui was a small white-collar worker in Huaxia Company, but after a car accident, the whole person woke up and arrived here, looking at a different face, Li Rui realized that he had crossed over, fortunately, he inherited the original memory of this body, and after a few days of adaptation, the situation was not too bad.
"Let's go, when you enter the county office, you must be smart, I finally asked for this opportunity. β
Next to Li Rui, there stood a man in a green suit, the man was in his thirties, and he carried a big knife at his waist.
"Got it, Uncle Zhang. Li Rui responded.
Uncle Zhang's full name is Zhang Yi, and Li Rui's parents are world friends, and they also have a special relationship, Zhang Yi's daughter and Li Rui have been married since childhood.
On both sides of the gate of the county office, there are two men standing, these two people are also dressed in Tsing Yi, carrying a big knife at their waists, exactly the same as Zhang Yi's dress, this is the standard clothing of the county government to catch fast, and the big knife is the standard saber of the government - a hundred battle knives.
When the two of them enter the gate, they are greeted by a rather exquisite rockery, the trees in the courtyard are lined up, the flowers and plants are inlaid in it, and the breeze blows, like a beautiful painting.
All the way through several courtyards, the structure of the county government is quite huge, not at all like the ancient county government in China, but like the station of a huge force.
From time to time on the road, there are fast catchers in the yamen, as well as servants in the county yamen and the like.
"My lord, this is my nephew. In a room, Zhang Yi said respectfully.
At this time, Li Rui and Zhang Yi were both standing respectfully, and opposite them, there was a man sitting, who was about thirty or forty years old, and was also wearing fast clothes, but his clothes were more elaborate.
The ordinary catcher is a garment made of coarse cloth, while his is made of satin.
"Well, this is Li Rui?" the man glanced at Li Rui slightly, showing contempt, "I won't take the test anymore, you have to know that if you do the catch, you can't go to the imperial examination anymore." β
On the way here, Zhang Yi had already explained to Li Rui, and this man was Ma Zhong, the deputy head of the arrest in charge.
"No, I won't take the test. Li Rui replied respectfully.
This is equivalent to an interview, in order to live on his own, Li Rui has a very good attitude.
"Good. Ma Zhong laughed, "Everyone knows that Li Rui is a prodigy, since he has opened his mind, Zhang Yi, take him to the class room." β
"Thank you, sir. Zhang Yi was even more respectful.
Zhang Yi was familiar with the road, and took Li Rui to the location of the class room.
Entering the class room, Li Rui looked around, the doors and windows were all red, like mahogany, with exquisite ornaments carved on them, swords, guns and sticks were placed in the room, and several men in green clothes stood in the room.
"Li Rui, prodigy Li Rui?" On the east side of the room, there was a long table, and a man sat behind the long table.
This person is in charge of the capture team, and he is the catcher of the county government, which is equivalent to the squad leader, and is second only to the existence of the deputy catcher, and this person also has an identity, this person is Ma Zhong's nephew - Ma Zhikang.
In the yamen, the head catcher basically doesn't care about things, and all things are in charge of the deputy head catcher, so Ma Zhong is the real power figure in the yamen, and as his nephew, Ma Zhikang also has great power.
"Li Rui, I haven't seen adults yet. Zhang Yi bowed and said.
"I've seen adults. Li Rui also bowed.
"I know the times. Ma Zhikang showed a sneer, "Didn't you hear that Li Rui is a nerd? In order to gain fame, he lost all his family property, how is it different from what I know?
In Qiyang City, I have basically heard of Li Rui, and the Li family used to be quite wealthy, not to mention one of the best, and it was also a big landlord.
After Li Rui was born, he was extremely intelligent, he memorized 10,000 words at the age of three, could recite poetry at the age of five, and was admitted to the children's examination at the age of ten, but everything changed after the death of his parents.
Since then, Li Rui's personality has changed greatly, staying at home all day, not asking about things at home, only wanting to gain fame, and his family's property has slowly declined, and now only a dilapidated house remains.
Of course, this is the predecessor of Li Rui.
"My lord, Li Rui is different from before now, and now he just wants to live. Li Rui said in a deep voice.
"Alive?" A cold light flashed in Ma Zhikang's eyes, "It's good to be alive, Zhang Yi, take him down and explain our rules here to him clearly." β
In the evening, Li Rui, who was exhausted, returned home, this is a very dilapidated house, only the master bedroom is better, at least made of adobe, the other houses are simply built of thatch.
This is Li Rui's current residence.
Looking at the extremely simple furniture in the home, Li Rui fell into deep thought.
Today, the yamen issued him a uniform of a servant, and at the same time gave him a book of martial arts secrets, with his ability to never forget, the whole book has been deeply imprinted in his mind.
"Basic Knife Technique" - This is a compulsory practice for every officer.
There are only 12 types of slashing, chopping, and stabbing in the knife technique, but there is an extremely important thing in it, the mental method.
Through the original memories of his predecessor, Li Rui knew that there was martial arts in this world, but ordinary people couldn't get it at all, let alone internal martial arts.
With this mental method, he will be able to gain great power.
"There really is martial arts in this world, can it really fly the eaves and walk the wall?" Li Rui frowned, "Maybe, this thing can really be used." β
"System!" Suddenly, Li Rui thought silently in his heart.
I saw that in front of Li Rui's eyes, there was suddenly an extra box, just like the display screen of a computer, and there were two conspicuous words in the box - exercises.
This system existed in Li Rui's mind when he crossed over, and he didn't know what it did a few days ago, but when he got the complete "Basic Knife Technique" today, Li Rui opened the system and took a look, only to see that under the exercise column, there were seven more gray words - Basic Knife Technique, and it was written on the back that it was not started.
Seeing this, Li Rui realized something, in this feudal society similar to ancient China, relying on the system, he can get great power.
............
Outside Qiyang City, Mazhuang.
Mazhuang is a village close to Qiyang City, and there is a mansion in the middle of Mazhuang.
The mansion covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters, the whole body is also built of blue bricks, the houses in the courtyard are beautifully decorated, carved beams and painted columns, it has been night, and the courtyard is still brightly lit.
There is a lake in the courtyard, and in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, three men who look like scholars are drinking and talking.
"Brother Ma, did you say that Li Rui went to the yamen?" asked one person in surprise.
"Hmm. Ma Zhikang nodded.
This mansion belongs to Ma Zhikang, and the other two are his friends, Zhu Shirong and Li Yunqing.
Speaking of Li Rui, I think of his delicate fiancΓ©e, that figure, that skin, I am afraid of melting when I lick it. Li Yunqing licked her lips, and there was an obscene light in her eyes.
"yes, what a beautiful man, cheaper that nerd. Zhu Shirong agreed, "Brother Ma, Zhang Yunyao is just Li Rui's fiancΓ©e, or is it a complete body, you don't have any ideas?"
"Yes, Brother Ma, think about that little appearance......" Li Yunqing stuck out his tongue and licked his upper lip.
"You think I don't want to, but you also know that Da Zhao's criminal law is strict, and if the husband is not dead, the woman is not allowed to remarry, even if she is unmarried. Ma Zhikang said helplessly.
"But that Li Rui came to my men, and his husband is not dead, if he becomes a husband who is dead, he will be ......" The corners of Ma Zhikang's mouth rose slightly, revealing an evil smile.
"Oh!" Zhu Shirong and Li Yunqing suddenly realized, "Congratulations to Brother Ma, I am happy to win the tenth concubine." β
On the second watch, the sky was already extremely dark, and the bright moon was also covered by dark clouds.
"The eight pillars of the horizontal white jade are down, and the red mud is half a wall high. There are many broken glazed tiles, and there are few rotten jade window lattices......"
In the silence of the night, suddenly, a somewhat sad song floated in the courtyard of Mafu.
Ma Zhikang, who was in the room, suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes, which were originally like black jade, shone red like blood.
In a room next to him, Li Yunqing was hugging two beautiful women on the bed, working hard.
"Huh?" Li Yunqing frowned, "In the big night, who is singing "Mourning Jiangnan"? β
"Young Master Li, don't worry about "Mourning Jiangnan". One of the delicate women gently stroked Li Yunqing's chest.
"Did you hear that too?" Li Yunqing asked in a deep voice, "I don't feel anything about this guy at all, I'm going to go and see who broke my good deeds." β
Under the influence of the lyrics of this voice, Li Yunqing suddenly felt disinterested, and he didn't even feel sleeping, he frowned and walked out of the room, he must find out the voice that disappointed him.
In another room, Zhu Shirong also heard this voice, and he also walked out of the door.
The two followed the sound and came to the door of Ma Zhikang's room.
"Brother Li. β
"Serong. β
The two greeted each other.
"Brother Li," Zhu Shirong said, "You also heard the voice, why is there someone singing in Brother Ma's room, and listening to the voices of many women inside, it seems to have arrived at Qiongyu Tower." β
"Yes!" Li Yunqing looked at Ma Zhikang's room, "Could it be that Brother Ma found the girl from Qiongyulou and was happy inside?"
"Is it really possible?" Zhu Shirong smiled obscenely, "Brother Ma is really good at playing, why don't we go in and have a look?"
At this moment, the door of Ma Zhikang's room suddenly opened.
I saw that in the room, Ma Zhikang was sitting on a chair in the room, and there were several women of warblers and swallows around him, some of these women were stroking Ma Zhikang, some were dancing, and some were snuggling in Ma Zhikang's arms, and they were holding wine glasses and feeding Ma Zhikang wine one by one.
"Shirong, Yunqing. Ma Zhikang looked at the two, "Let's play together!"
"Okay, good, good ......" Looking at the delicate woman in the room, the two of them forgot what to say, and just wanted to go in right away.
"Come on!" the delicate women also stretched out their hands to the two of them, "Come on......!
With the woman's chuckle, the two walked towards the room step by step.
It wasn't until the two of them walked into the room that Ma Zhikang suddenly raised his head, and a wicked smile appeared on his face, "Shirong, Yunqing." β
Suddenly, I saw the delicate woman in the room disappearing out of thin air, but what appeared in the eyes of Li Yunqing and Zhu Shirong was a different scene.
The room was littered with severed limbs, and blood was spilling all over the floor, staining the entire floor of the room bright red.
In Ma Zhikang's hand, he was holding a broken arm, chewing one bite at a time.
At the corners of Ma Zhikang's mouth, drops of bright red blood slowly dripped down, making him look like a devil.
"Huh?" the two of them were horrified.
A gust of wind blew, and the sound of "Peng" was like thunder, and the door behind the two suddenly closed, and ......the whole room was filled with a burst of evil laughter.
However, at this moment, Ma Fu was quiet, as if everyone had disappeared.